We are pleased to share the following news for 2013 Tour participant Sabina Haque. Sabina has been awarded Oregon Arts Commission 2014 Individual Artist Fellowship which comes with a $3000 cash award. Thirteen Oregon artists selected from a pool of more than 190 applicants from 35 Oregon cities for the OAC’s 2014 Individual Artist Fellowships.

She also been Awarded the Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency at the Sitka Art Center taking place in October of this year.

Sabina will be working with Master Printer, Julia D’Amario to finished plates in editions of ten. The Gordon Gilkey Print Center at the Portland Art Museum and the Jordan Schnitzer Collection also receive my prints. Jordan Schnitzer, one of Portland’s most prominent print collectors, generously pledged his support for the project and has been funding it since its inception.

Lastly, she has been awarded $2000 PSU professional development grant to support the making of her animated film that will be screened in Portland, Houston and in Karachi, Pakistan at the end of this year.

Janet Amundson-Splidsboel was a finalist in the international competition in Artist’s Magazine and will receive recognition in the March issue. The encaustic painting “Nora” received Honorable Mention and is highlighted in the 2014 Portland Open Studios Calendar. “This is the first such competition I’ve entered, so it was a nice surprise.”